It’s often said that the best music comes from deep inside, or from a broken heart. Never is that adage more apparent than when listening to Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album,
Rumours. The studio sessions were heavily marked by cocaine use, as well as the strife among band members, and the relationship breakups that shaped most of the album’s lyrics. In listening to this album, I could actually feel the pain and heartbreak that the band members felt writing and recording this epic album.
In July 1975, Fleetwood Mac’s tenth album was released to great commercial success, reaching No. 1 in the U.S. in 1976. The record’s biggest hit single, Rhiannon, had given the band extensive radio exposure. At the time, Fleetwood Mac’s line-up consisted...
